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And the Scripture of the day to day comes from Matthew 22, verses 37 and 38. Jesus replied, you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And we're headed toward Passover. But we're going to take a look at the the days leading up to Passover. You know, Jesus was walking toward Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover with his disciples. Along the way he was teaching them. But even before that, he was teaching other people in those days that would ultimately lead him to Jerusalem for Passover. And then, of course, his death on that cross, for your sake and for mine, and among the people that he would teach, which are reading about in Matthew 22, were the Pharisees. And boy, did they have questions for him. They were trying to entrap him. They were looking for any way they could to trip him up and among the questions that they used. What is the greatest commandment? Well, you know. Jesus turned the tables on them quickly. But when they would ask Jesus that question, what is the greatest commandment? The answer came so quickly. How had he had time to sort through all 600 laws? That surely must have been what they were wondering, because they were the experts in religious law. And that commandment. Even the children know this. They had to be so embarrassed. They had to be so embarrassed. The Jewish people did have more than six, ultimately more than 600 laws they were expected to obey. And the Pharisees would know this, but they thought they could trip Jesus up with such a question. What is the greatest, most important law? Boom! Jesus nailed it. He knew. He knew. But are we sometimes like the Pharisees who questioned Jesus that day, asking him what we ought to already know. I think about it, these experts in the religious law more than likely had memorized these verses from Deuteronomy. As children hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord alone. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands I'm giving you today. It's from Deuteronomy six, by the way. With his answer, Jesus reminded the religious leaders that nothing had changed. God's requirements were the same then as they are today. With all your heart is your affection for the Lord genuine? Is it wholehearted or is it half hearted? Or is it an even smaller fraction with all your soul? What about that? Is your soul sold out to God? Do you truly trust him for eternal life? What about with all your mind? Are your thoughts subject to the Omniscient One? Do you thirst for truth for him who is the source of knowledge? In the 17th century, poet George Herbert expressed the all encompassing love of God and praise found in the collection The Temple. It says this King of glory, King of peace, I will love thee, and that love may never cease. I will move thee. Wherefore, with my utmost art I will sing thee. And the cream of all my heart I will bring thee. You know we don't need to wonder about it. We already know what God expects. We know what he deserves. We must love the Lord our God with all. So we've got to give God our all in love. And we need to ask him to govern our govern our minds. We need to tell him today that we love him wholeheartedly and trust him with our very soul. That's something to take. Inventory how we love him as we head toward Passover and prepare our hearts appropriately. Do you love him with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind?

And the Scripture of the day to day comes from Matthew 22, verses 37 and 38. Jesus replied, you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And we're headed toward Passover. But we're going to take a look at the the days leading up to Passover. You know, Jesus was walking toward Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover with his disciples. Along the way he was teaching them. But even before that, he was teaching other people in those days that would ultimately lead him to Jerusalem for Passover. And then, of course, his death on that cross, for your sake and for mine, and among the people that he would teach, which are reading about in Matthew 22, were the Pharisees. And boy, did they have questions for him. They were trying to entrap him. They were looking for any way they could to trip him up and among the questions that they used. What is the greatest commandment? Well, you know. Jesus turned the tables on them quickly. But when they would ask Jesus that question, what is the greatest commandment? The answer came so quickly. How had he had time to sort through all 600 laws? That surely must have been what they were wondering, because they were the experts in religious law. And that commandment. Even the children know this. They had to be so embarrassed. They had to be so embarrassed. The Jewish people did have more than six, ultimately more than 600 laws they were expected to obey. And the Pharisees would know this, but they thought they could trip Jesus up with such a question. What is the greatest, most important law? Boom! Jesus nailed it. He knew. He knew. But are we sometimes like the Pharisees who questioned Jesus that day, asking him what we ought to already know. I think about it, these experts in the religious law more than likely had memorized these verses from Deuteronomy. As children hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord alone. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands I'm giving you today. It's from Deuteronomy six, by the way. With his answer, Jesus reminded the religious leaders that nothing had changed. God's requirements were the same then as they are today. With all your heart is your affection for the Lord genuine? Is it wholehearted or is it half hearted? Or is it an even smaller fraction with all your soul? What about that? Is your soul sold out to God? Do you truly trust him for eternal life? What about with all your mind? Are your thoughts subject to the Omniscient One? Do you thirst for truth for him who is the source of knowledge? In the 17th century, poet George Herbert expressed the all encompassing love of God and praise found in the collection The Temple. It says this King of glory, King of peace, I will love thee, and that love may never cease. I will move thee. Wherefore, with my utmost art I will sing thee. And the cream of all my heart I will bring thee. You know we don't need to wonder about it. We already know what God expects. We know what he deserves. We must love the Lord our God with all. So we've got to give God our all in love. And we need to ask him to govern our govern our minds. We need to tell him today that we love him wholeheartedly and trust him with our very soul. That's something to take. Inventory how we love him as we head toward Passover and prepare our hearts appropriately. Do you love him with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind?